OLEOMAEGABINE. 389 



I desire to call attention to some of the proceedings during the con- 

 sideration of the present internal-revenue regulation in the Senate of 

 the United States. This is from Mr. Ingalls: 



Mr. INGALLS. I hold in my band a vial of "Wells, Richardson & Co.'s perfected 

 butter color," which, the envelope assures us, " gives to white butter a beautiful 

 dandelion color; price, 25 cents," and, as a commentary on the suggestions made by 

 the Senator from Vermont this afternoon that this bill was intended to prevent one 

 man from cheating another, I will state that this preparation pretends to be manu- 

 factured by "Wells, Kichardson & Co., proprietors, Burlington, Vt." [Laughter.] 



Open this end. 

 _ Keep the 



bottle 



in this box at all times 

 to protect from 



the 

 action of the light 



says the label. This vial, so the manufacturers assure us, put up in Burlington, Vt. 

 [laughter] , for dairy purposes, is 



Warranted to color 



300 Ibs. 

 winter butter. 



"In using our perfected butter color it must be borne in mind that no two dairies 

 will often require the same amount of color. Cows fed on poor hay. and kept with 

 only ordinary care, will make whiter butter than when well cared for and fed on 

 tine hay and grain ; also young cows give less color than old. 



" Different seasons also make much difference. Care should be taken," say these 

 friends of the dairymen, "to get just the right amount, and never overcolor. 



"Coloring butter nicely is an art, and one must expect to learn something by 

 practice and experience. Caution !" In large letters with an interjection point after 

 it "This preparation is made by a process entirely new and original with us. No 

 other process can produce so pure and harmless nor so uniform and reliable a color, 

 :md consumers should be careful to use only the genuine, which is always put up in 

 bottles, and each bottle in a box bearing our dandelion trade-mark. Beware of prep- 

 arations sold in bulk or under similar names, for you will find them but poor 

 imitations." 



This is somewhat protracted, but the advice to the dairymen of America is so 

 important and they have been presented in the light of a long-suffering class of 

 afflicted people, engaged in their bucolic honesty in Vermont and elsewhere in a 

 struggle with the herculean efforts of the manufacturers of oleomargarine to put a 

 spurious article on the market, that I feel that perhaps the Senate will bear with 

 me, and the Senator from South Carolina also, while 1 continue to give the country 

 information as to the methods in which butter color is prepared and the purposes 

 for which it is employed. 



Mr. BUTLER. I shall be delighted. 



Mr. INGALLS. "We take pleasure in offering to the dairymen of America" not to 

 the oleomargarine men "this preparation as the perfect result of our long-con- 

 tinued experiments in the preparation of an artificial color for their use. In our 

 perfected butter color we have succeeded in combining the same bright-yellow color- 

 ing principle found in the dandelion blossom with our previously well-known 

 ; Golden Extract '" 



Now notice this 



" thereby securing a bright golden tint so exactly like the highest grade of Jersey 

 butter that no expert can detect it [laughter], even by actual comparison of the 

 artificial color with the natural. 



" We claim for it every point wanted in a perfect butter color, namely : 



' ' First. Perfect color. The butter never turns to a reddish tinge, but always keeps 

 the bright golden color. 



' ' Second . Perfect freedom from any taste or smell that can be imparted to the butter. 



"Third. Perfect keeping qualities. It does not mold, sour, or spoil in any way. 

 Heat or cold have no effect on it." 



It is apparently one of the unchangeable elements of nature 



"It has a decided tendency to preserve butter, whereas butter colored with car- 

 rots, annatto, etc., will often spoil "- 



Notwithstanding the statement of the Senator from New York, who is supposed 

 to be an expert in these matters 

 "will often spoil or turn to a dull reddish tint. 



"Fourth 



